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captioning funded by cbs good morning on a wednesday new york monday morning. i'm harry smith. >> and i'm maggie rodriguez. we hope everybody had a great weekend. this morning we have a special treat. remember that 11-year-old florida girl who went missing and was found in an alligator invested swamp? four days she had spent there alone. we're finally hearing from her. in fact this morning nadia bloom will join us live along with her parents. but we begin this morning with a devastating weekend in the south. just last night, a tornado ripped through darlington, south carolina, damaging several buildings and injurying at least three. but the devastation there is nothing compared to what happened just west there have where the cleanup is under way this morning after a series of

tornadoes cut a path of destruction from louisiana to mississippi killing at least 12 people. one of the hardest hit areas is yazoo city, mississippi, where dave price is spending the morning. dave, good morning. >> reporter: and good morning to you, maggie. this is or this was once the hill crest baptist church, about 90 families used to worship here and many people say that when they came here, they were saved. women, quite literally that happened to one man this past saturday. an ep-4 tornado rolleded through here with winds between 166 and 200 miles per hour. and this morning 17 counties have been declared state of emergency areas by mississippi governor haley barbour and residents now are just beginning to count their losses and remember their blessings. for many here, all that's left now is debris. nearly 700 homes were damaged in the state of mississippi, more than 300 in yazoo city alone.

the same storm system is responsible for tornadoes and heavy thunderstorms in at least six other states across the southeast. this massive mile and a half tornado knocked down buildings and smashed car windows leaving a path of destruction and violence. 12 dead, including three children, one of them only three months old. ♪ >> reporter: church members gathered for prayer on sunday in front of the rubble that was once hill crest baptist church. dale thrasher said he climbed under this communion table and said a prayer. were you terrified yesterday? >> not until it was over. >> reporter: dale managed to escape and although he admits he was shaken, his faith was not. many people might ask where was god yesterday. >> he was with me right there with his arms around me. >> yeah, it's a miracle. >> reporter: ashley saxton is lucky to be alive, but her family restaurant in yazoo city

is gone. the roof ripped off, the building caved in. and she lost much more. two relatives, including a cousin who died while saving her children. >> she was just trying to protect her kids and she put them underneath the mattress and her house caved in on her. >> reporter: in some small town where people cross paths every day, it's the loss of life which is hardest to take. >> i know this can be built back, but thes lives can't be brought back. >> reporter: let's go to the national maps, at least the severe weather map, and talk about what happened saturday and what we expect for today. much calmer weather today. saturday, of course, little rock, arkansas, hunting vit, new orleans, multiple reports of tornadoes and high winds about 60 miles per hour and hail reports, as well. the good news is we don't see any severe weather on the horizon during the next 24 hours. now, here in yazoo city, 60 national guardsmen and military police remain on patrol and church members like so many

other residents say they will rebuild. maggie, we'll send it back to in you new york. >> we'll see you later. thank you. joining us now are ashley saxton, she lost two relative misthis tornado, along with her husband, rob. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> ashley, first off, we're so sorry to hear about the loss of your relatives. how are you holding up this morning? >> we're just here. we're just trying to make it. >> thankful for another day. >> i'm sure. so you were on your way to the family's restaurant when the tornado hit. you were actually inside the car. describe to me what that was like, ashley. >> as soon as we got to the red light, my ears were just popping really, really bad. and it's like we were trying to just get there as quick as we could. and all of a sudden, wind was just blowing so bad, it busted my window, my driver's side window. and all of a sudden the wind just picked us up off the ground and just spun us around.

and it just happened so fast. we're just thankful to be here. >> you finally made to the restaurant and you had to go inside to take cover. rob, that's where you came in, right? you had to pull ashley out of the car? >> right. once the wind busteded the windows out of the car and picked the car up, i told her -- she just panicked because the glass had hit her and i told her, i said, just give it gas. and she let go of the steering wheel and everything. so i grabbed the steering wheel and tried to point it towards the restaurant. it didn't go anywhere because we was up in the air, side ways. when it hit the ground, it shot us toward the restaurant and the wind picked us up again and slid us up by it and i jumped out of the car but she wasn't coming behind me. i told to get her out, i said, we got to go, baby. so we started taking off running to the restaurant and when i went to the door to go into the restaurant, i didn't see her. and i looked back, by the time i looked back, she was going back, the wind had literally picked

her up and i grabbed her and had to snatch her to get into the restaurant. that's where we went into the walk-in freezer where my dad and them were. >> unbelievable you made to the restaurant. we've been looking at the pictures. unfortunately, it is a total loss, but you two were saved. when cause out after the tornado and realized the scope of the devastation, what went through your mind? >> i just couldn't believe it. i didn't know what was left. i mean, i didn't know what was going to happen. i just -- it was unbelievable. it was just shocking and just -- i just know it's a miracle that we're here and we thank god that he just took care of us. >> and thank goodness -- i'm sorry. >> my boys were with my mother south of yazoo city, and our daughter was north of yazoo city with her grandmother.

any other time, i mean, god had them where he wanted them, because any other time, they would have been with us. >> rob, ashley -- >> it was just a miracle. >> thank you so much and we wish you the best going forward. >> we lost our house and everything, also. >> we're so sorry. we'll keep in you our thoughts. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank pup. now here's harry. now to the showdown in the senate. d dems from pressing ahead with a possible test vote on financial reform even though they shay pot have enough votes. nancy cordes is in washington with details and the numbers. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, both parties say they are for reform and they are deep in negotiations over it. but they're not there yet, which means this vote that democrats have called for today could very well fail. >> i think we will get a bill. if the democrats want a bill, it will give us this things that we

think with substantive in nature. >> reporter: but without a deal, many, if not all, senate republicans plan to vote no today blocking a floor debate on the bill. >> here we are 17 months after someone broke into our house in effect, robbed us, and we still haven't even changed the locks. >> reporter: republicans think the bill needs to make it clear, failing firms will not be bailed out and they think that consumer protections and regulations on derivatives in the bill are too ownrou rouer us help. >> this is not a situation where anybody wants no bill to pass, but it is important to pass a between bill. >> reporter: tomorrow the ceo of goldman sachs will do to capitol hill to testify. he'll likely be asked about newly released internal e-mails. sounds like we will make some serious money, as one said to another. and in another online exchange, one trader told another, i'm not

opportunities. at vision here. the importance of transparency, the importance of things being in the open. >> reporter: even if the vote fails today, negotiations will go on and republicans and democrats seem confident that a financial reform bill will pass sooner rather than later. harry? >> nancy cordes on capitol hill this morning. thank you. one of the critics of the financial reform bill is republican congressman darrel issa of california. good morning. >> good morning. >> this legislation is supposed to help prevent big banks from taking risks that ultimately will take down the economy like we saw 18 or 19 months ago. do you see things in this legislation as it stands right now that can do that? >> well, there are some things in this legislation. what republicans are asking for,

when you say big banks, you have to realize the biggest bank-like entities involved in this were freddie and fannie. and we're still sitting there with trillions of dollars of underwater loans. so, yes, we want to have reform, but it's clear that a no vote today by 41 republicans is a yes vote to do more comprehensive reform, more balanced reform, including the other entities that had something to do with basically a meltdown that began with too many mortgages, many of them bought and encouraged by the federal government. >> in the end, though, those things were turned in to derivatives that were traded all over the place which gave impetus to the marker that said this can go on forever. we'll come back and ask a different question, though. this bailout fund that's sort of looming out there, this sort of idea of putting together about $50 billion, probably paid for by the banks that would help deconstruct a bank about it came up to the edge and would be on the verge of going out of business, good idea or bad idea?

>> iwhat we have to remember is there already is a fund for banks. what we're talking about here is bank-like entities. and the last thing we need to do is to further confuse what is bank and what isn't a bank. after all, aig was an insurance company, but aigfp in england that did most of the guarantees that went bad, in fact, wasn't even an insurance company by real u.s. standards. so i think what we have to do in financial reform is say what is a bank and it gets one set of rules. financial institutions get another. and insurance companies quite frankly have to be a big part part of the new regulation along with raising agencies that told us things were aaa when they weren't even bbb. >> congressman issa, thank you very much for your time. >> my pleasure. it is now 7:12 and we move to the growing environmental disaster in the gulf of mexico. the rig that exploded almost a week ago is now leaking thousands of gallons of oil. cbs news national correspondent

jeff glor is here with the latest. >> it's been six days since the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling platform. they called off the search for the 11 missing workers on friday. then over the weekend, what they call a significant change for the cleanup. >> reporter: barely a day after officials announced there was no oil seeping from the offshore well, the alarming discovery saturday a mile beneath the gulf surface. two leaks that could threaten shores from louisiana to florida. oil escaping at a rate of 1,000 barrels or 42,000 gallons a day. that may be small compared to 191 million galloned spilled by the "exxon valdez" in 1989, but officials say it's still a big problem. >> our goal is to contain this oil subsurface as much as possible, but we have to be prepared to respond to a major spill. >> reporter: the slick is currently 30 miles offshore and more than 600 square miles in size. high seas suspended cleanup efforts for a second day on sunday, but the coast is safe

for now. >> we don't see any impact to any shore lines at least within the next three days. >> reporter: officials are using robotic submarines to try to shut off the leaks in the next 24 to 36 hours. >> if knows row bottom tick sub marines don't work, crews will twri to drill a relief well to cut off the flow, but that could take several months. so what they thought was manageable problem might become a very serious situation. >> let's hope the submarines work. thank you so much. time to check the rest of the day's news. >> good morning, betty. good morning. a court appearance is scheduled today for a man who was arrested carrying a gun at a north carolina airport as president obama was boarding his plane. joseph sean mcvey of ohio was charged with a misdemeanor. police spotted him yesterday as he got out of his car. authorities say mcvey also had formulas for rifle scope, but he never got near the president's plane. the president was leaving north carolina to established a

memorial service for the miners killed in that west virginia mine explosion. ♪ this little light of mine, i'm going to let it shine ♪ >> the president met with families of the 29 victims. a senate hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. the president told the miners' peoples that he would work for a safer mining work environment. >> we cannot bring back the 29 men we lost. they are with the lord now. our task here on earth is to save lives from being lost in another such tragedy. to do what we must do individually and collectively to assure safe conditions underground. >> and before he ended his brief vacation in north carolina, the president visited for the first time with 91-year-old evangelist billy graham. a california girl's hope of being the youngest to sail sea

low around the world is over. she had to bring her boat into south africa for repairs on the autopilot. she started her trip three months ago. she still plans to complete the voyage. now back to dave price in yazoo city. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it really is spectacular in the worst sense of that word to look back. you can see trees with no tops, buildings which are unidentifiable and heavy pieces of furniture just sitting there which have been strewn all over the place. why? wind speeds up warsd of 200 miles per hour rolled through here. but of course the rest of the nation had much better weather. let's go to the maps, see what will happen during the next it 24 hours or so. let's bring it up full screen. it looks like in the northeast we will see more rain. d.c., new york city, boston, half an inch to an inch. she at the airports probably. the south, you'll dry out, warm and sunny in dallas, new

orleans, little rock. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. the more than plain states will see scatter the showers and temps in the 60s. southeast looks gorgeous, florida looks great, but watch for afternoon thundershowers. southwest, you'll see nice highs in 90s and the northwest will be on the dry side, >> reporter: so keep in mind, florida, you'll get the afternoon t storms popping up and clouds building. that's a quick look at our weather picture. back to you in new york.

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will be along to splib. but first, some of the first to arrive at the deadly seen in mississippi were storm chasers. let's see what they saw this weekend up close. >> look at it. right there, dude. get the video. go, go! we've got debris. go, go, go, go! >> right there it is. >> it's coming up on us. come on, go, go! >> a deadly twister a mile and a half wide coming right at them. joining us now exclusively from dallas, texas are kris hair and corner mccroy. two adventurers or fools. i don't know. we'll ask them. i guess that is the first

question w question. why do you do this? >> do you this for the warnings for people. yazoo city was a prime example. we reported the tornado about 15 miles west of yazoo. had we not, they would not have issued a tornado emergency and more would have probably died. >> so you're a lifesaver, cris. >> well, i mean, we give warnings to the national weather service and we give advanced warnings other than what you can see on radar. >> but does it occur to you that in your effort to save lives you are risking yours? >> you know, it comes with the territory. storm chasing is a dangerous job. and you're going to encounter sometime an area where you put yourself in a little more danger than you probably should. that happens rarely. saturday was a prime example of that. that's my first ever close encounter and i've been doing

this for seven years. >> tell me about it. what was different about saturday? >> saturday, it's pretty difficult chase terrain. a lot of trees, a lot of hills. we had a pretty good vantage point. the problem with that storm was it was a high precipitation storm meaning the tornado was rain wrapped and we couldn't see it. the radar data was over 15 minutes old. we thought we were far enough south of the storm that we were out of harm's way. obviously we were wrong. >> clearly this is dangerous work like you said, kris, for anyone, but especially for an 18-year-old high school senior. connor, do your parents know that you do this and are they okay with it? >> they're perfectly fine with it. i started chasing in 10th grade when i was 16 years old with my dad all the time. they learned to trust me and mow that i know what i'm doing and they're perfectly all right with me doing it now. >> why do you do it?

>> like kris said, to help people out, to help warn people from what can't necessarily be seen just by radar and just for the love of weather. p. >> tell me about your scariest experience with this particular tornado. >> this was definitely the scariest experience i've ever had. it was the closest i'd ever been to a tornado. we were inside of it. it all happened really fast. we realized a little too late how close we were and then just before we knew it, we were in it and just had to wait it out. >> we talk to people who find themselves in the middle of a tornado and they describe being blown away and having no control. does that happen to you? because are you inside a car unprotected. that could easily be blown away, connor. >> yes. we were making an attempt to drive out of the tornado. we were driving down the highway as fast as we could. but eventually it just overtook us. and fortunately, we were not in the tornado for very long and we

were just on the outer fringe of it. but we did lose control of the truck and we slid off the road. >> i'm guessing i know the answer, but i'll end with a yes or no question for both of you. connor, will you keep doing this? >> oh, yes. >> absolutely. >> all right. kris hair, connor mcskrchcroc, you very much for what do you and take care out there. >> thank you. it is now 7:35. we want to go back to the heart of the devastation in yazoo city, where dave has been standing by. when you look at the picture behind you, it's hard to believe that some people actually go towards that. >> reporter: it's stunning. and if you ask anyone who has ever been lieu one, a victim of one of these storms, they never want to see anything like this again. there is no rhyme or reason or predict ability to how these storms behave. but it we look back here and we'll walk inside, by the way, when we see you in the next weather segment, if you look all

through here, you see complete randomness. s church office door sitting for example a pea an mow, next to a toilet, next to where the lectern was. nothing is where it should be and nothing will ever be the same here. but residents say they will rebuild and that's exactly what process is starting this morning as they take an inventory of what's left. let's go to the weather maps right now. the good news is, not a major threat of severe weather across the country. lots of rain as you head to the northeast about that will slow things down at the airports. could see up to an inch of rain. the south will dry out. dallas, new orleans, little rock, jackson. temperatures will be very pleasant today, lots of sunshine, 70s and 80s. up in the northern plain states, scattered showers with temps let's say the upper 50s to 60s. and the southeast, well, later on today, you'll see some showers and thunderstorms develop. southwest remains hot and the northwest partly cloudy, but you are on the dry side. again, a pleasant day weather-wise here in yazoo city

as the inventory begins to be made of what is left and where >> reporter: that's a quick look at your weather picture. harry, you can't lift these things with your hand. it's a maze to go think that wind did all of this in a matter of minutes about. >> a lot of stuff tossed around. thanks so much. up next, we'll talk to our dr. jennifer ashton about a potential major break through in the battle against prostate cancer. when we come back.

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in this morning's healwatch, a potential break through. a vaccine named provenge may get fda approval as early as this week. the drug showed promise in prolonging life for men battling a deadly cancer that affects over 200,000 men a year and kills about 27,000. here with details is dr. jennifer ashton. talk about the test and give me the bare bones. >> the study looked at over 500 men with advanced form of prostate cancer. half of them treated with a placebo, the other half treated with this vaccine. those treated with the vaccine had what was found to be a significantly increased life expectancy or survival. however, that was four months. so it took them average from 22 months survival to 26 months survival. >> and this is an advanced form

of prostate cancer. how does this work is this because they a? because they're calling it a vaccine. you and i would think about it's something take you before the disease. >> and we've heard about cancer vaccines, for example, the cervical cancer vaccine which works to prevent. this works in a different way for treatment. and if you think of it almost like a trojan horse or a wolf in sheep's clothing, it uses the patient's own blood cells to trick the tumor cells in to stimulating the body's own immune system to attack the tumor. items not one size it's not one size fits all.idea is that it will only destroy the tumor and not spread the widespread toxicity and harm that key know therapy and radiation do. >> phenomenally expensive. >> correct. >> and what kind of risk are we

talking? >> usually when we talk about cancer risk, and you also have to think of risk versus benefit when you talk about any proposed treatment, traditionally prostate cancer can be treated with chemotherapy, it can be righted with surgery or radiation therapy temperature all of those have major risks. at this point, the risks to this vaccine seem to be that the vaccine just doesn't work. so the risk profile seems to be more advantageous than the other traditional forms of therapy. but we have to remember prostate cancer very similar to other cancers, not all prostate cancer needs treatment. some are so slow-growing that the treatments actually will kill you faster than the disease itself. >> as we talked many times before, especially people say in their 70s or so, maybe even into their 80s, they get diagnosed with prostate an ser, the doctor says whatever we do will be worse than you just letting it run its course. >> that's right. >> we're talking about more advanced stages for younger men primarily. does this complicate or does it make easier than the decision

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family. >> first girl. cute as a button, smart as a whip no doubt. >> and she has you wrapped around her finger, i'm sure. >> no, of course not. >> you probably don't know what to do with a girl. >> i'm totally fish out of water. i'm just waiting for her to cry and it's over. but with my mother and wife around, they're just on her in a second. >> so cute. congratulations. well, we're happy to have you for the netwo days. what are we talking about today? >> today we're talking about is there something that allows women to repicture that men cheat, is there something that goes on to that says this boy is high risk. >> you mean other than the resume that did he, he did, he he did? >> that's at the top prediction list. the best predict tore is past behavior, but there are some brain things that are very interesting. >> are guys going to say i have an excuse now, i can't help it, it's in my brain?

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what a nice crowd out here this morning. very enthusiastic. welcome back to "the early show." i'm harry smith along with maggie rodriguez. >> thank you all. happy monday. welcome back, everybody. in this hour, so many questions from little nadia bloom from florida. she was that little girl lost for four days by herself in a swamp invested with alligators. what did she eat, where did she sleep, was she scared? we'll talk to her this morning and her parents and finally get the whole story behind that ordeal. plus, dr. phil mcgraw is here with some fascinating new

information on men who are unfaithful. are their brains wired to cheat? we'll have the story of one husband who may have a nonmonogamous brain. >> okay, if you say so. >> but first we want to go back to dave in yazoo city, mississippi for another check of the weather. dave, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, harry. you talk about unfaithful, this is the story of the faithful. we're in the hillcrest baptist church or what's left of it. it's hard to believe that dale thrasher, who was the only person in the building, survived all of this. this building literally exploded from the wind. the debris path, the path of the storm about a mile and three-quarters wide. it's interesting that you drive through town and while behind us you see all these trees and all this devastation, a mile away in

one correction, i one direction, it's life as norm normal. the one person who survived this building, thrasher. as he was being thrashed by what was an f-4 tornado. let's go to the weather right now. let's talk about the severe weather which affected so many in in area. we're talking about little rock, huntsville, new orleans, you'll all see much better weather today, but there were tons of tornado reports, well over 50. we had wind reports of winds over 60 miles per hour, scattered throughout this region. and hail reports, as well. it was a violent weekend of storms. typical for the spring, but don't say typical to anyone who has been through it in this community. got news is no severe weather expected for a good portion of the country. in the northeast, it's the rain. in the south, you'll dry out. southeast, you'll see some thundershowers popping up in florida. southwest, hot and in the 90s and northwest stays dry.

>> announcer: this weather report sponsored by subway restaurants. subway now has breakfast. build your better breakfast, only at subway. >> reporter: so here in yazoo city, the cleanup begins. and for dale thrasher, the one man who survived this storm by getting down and hungkering dow in in church, he will find a place to worship this sunday. >> the trees just stripped bare.

thank you, dave. >> let's go to betty nguyen at the news desk. good morning. the senate is scheduled to hold a test vote late today on financial reform. a bill to begin debate. but so far, there is no deal. one today seems unlikely and most republicans say they will vote no. republicans want to make it clear failing firms will not be bailed out. many also say consumer protection elements are too tough. democrats want to move forward. >> 18 months ago, people broke into our home, stole everything in our house, and we haven't even changed the locks on the place yet. >> both sides say they are close to it a deal, but in the words of republican senator richard shelby, inches sometimes are miles. a re bottom submarine is trying to stop a big oil leak in the gulf of mexico. 42,000 gallons of oil a day are leaking from the wellhead of the

oil rig that exploded and sank off the coast of louisiana last week. if the sub can't get close must have to the valves to close that well, it could take months to stop the leak. a senate hearing will be held tomorrow on that deadly west virginia mine explosion. yesterday the president attended a memorial service for the victims. ♪ i'm going to let it shine >> the president traveled to beckley, west virginia to meet with victims' family members. he said the 29 victims dealt with the hardship of working in a coal mine to provide for their families. >> for a chance to give their kids opportunities that they would never know and enjoy retirement with their spouses. it was all in the hopes of something better. and so these miners lived as they died in pursuit of the american dream. >> the president promised he'd

work to improve mine safety. the body of monica beresford-redman is to be returned to her family today to be taken back to los angeles. she was found dead in a sewer in cancun, mexico on april 8th. her husband, bruises, forrer producer of the "survivor" tv show is a suspect in her death. he is barred from leaving mexico until the investigation is complete. katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. a stranger helped hundreds of hurricane victims raising money an rebuilding homes. well, it turns out that stranger was kne neil diamond. and for these family, the good times never seemed so good. tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." and now here's maggie. it is now 8:06 and we have a follow-up on a story with a very happy ending. earlier this month, 11-year-old nadia bloom vanished from her home in florida. four days later, she was found in an alligator infested swamp

by herself. she was sent to the hospital, suffering from dehydration, swollen feet and many bug bites. but that's it. she's back home now and she and her family are very thankful for her supporters. joining us now, nadia and her parents. good morning to you. it's so great, nadia, to get to finally talk to you. how are you and how does it feel to be back home? >> i feel great. i mean, i missed everybody. everyone my baby sister who does nothing but cry. >> what is the first thing you did when you got home? >> well, the first thing i did when i got home, well, play on the computer. >> everybody is just amazed, nadia. you're 11. and you survived by yourself alone in the swamp that would scare most people. were you scared? >> a little. >> what ee's the scariest thing

that you saw? >> the scariest thing i saw is when it became night and i was afraid they'd never find me. like i didn't see anything scary, but i felt scared. i tried to tell myself that there were probably people out there who were looking for me because i kind of heard sloshing. i'm not sure where it was coming from. and then finally mr. king found me. and that was like -- that was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. >> tell me about that moment when mr. king found you. >> well, i was really excited because i was like super dehydrated and i hadn't had anything to eat for two days because on the first and second day, i ate these plants which

were spongey and they had water in them. but mr. king gave me some trail mix and some water. and i was glad that i was finally going to see my own family. >> and i bet they were glad. let me ask you, tanya, mom to mom, what were those days like for you? >> they were the hardest four days i've ever experienced. we had a lot of support from our community and a lot of support from our church. and it helped us get it through, but they were the hardest days i've ever went through. >> jeff, were you surprised that nadia was as resourceful and as fearless as she was? >> in some ways, yes. she's always been an amazing kid, but i had no idea that she would use her resources in this way to brave that sort of, you

know, terrain and time and just lack of food, you know. so, yeah, i was surprised that she was able to use her resources in that way. >> nad yarks we know that -- we've been reporting that you're quite the adventure you are and you like to wander off and explore and love nature. is there anything that you've learn president this, anything that you'll do differently in the future? >> i'll ask mom first and i think i might go with a grownup next time. >> good idea. nadia bloom, thank you so much. tanya and jeff, thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> happy to report on an ending like that for a change. up next, forget your cheating heart. it's your cheating brain. dr. phil will break down the science of cheating when we come back here on "the early show" on cbs. at subway! for only $2.50, get a western egg white muffin melt, made-to-your-order, and add a 16-oz. cup... of freshly brewed seattle's best coffee. try the new $2.50 breakfast combo at subway.

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show host, but is mind reading among his many skills in dr. phil is here and he says a brain scan may be able to reveal whether a man will cheat on his wife. it's information a woman named angela could have used before marrying jose. >> i was married to jose for three months before i found out he was cheating on me. >> i always have been the kind of guy to just hook up when something comes along. >> he was with his girlfriend while we were planning the wedding. and even when he asked me to marry him. >> i con feesed to the affairs about. >> he's a chronic liar and he's very good at it. >> and dr. phil is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> that was a train wreck waiting to happen, i guess. can people, though, be born with a cheating brain? >> here's the thing. there are a lot of traits that go into this. and obviously a lot of this is learned, a lot of it's social. probably 70%, something like that. but there are things in our makeup that make us at high risk

for this. there are certain brain patterns that make us high risk for this. they've now identified a gene that they believe may have a contribution to this, as well. so yes, how your brain is configured, how it's wired, can be a huge contributing factor. >> let's -- we have some graphics of a cheating brain and a noncheating brain. what are we looking at here? >> what you're seeing here on the left, you're seeing the brain of a cheater. what you're seeing is activity -- >> it's busy. >> it is very busy. and the red shows activity. and this is at a deep level. and if you see this in the front of the brain, hen it can make you compulsive. you get caught in a loop where you have to keep repeating just compulsive behavior. on the right you see the monday cheating brain where most of the activity is in the back. most of the brain activity is in the cerebellum. so a huge difference. so you find these people that have a history of cheating, you compare their brains to normal and you see it dramatically different. that's just one brain scan.

>> can i ask you about jose some did you do jose's brain? >> we did. >> whatsome did you do jose's brain? >> we did. >> what did you find out? >> it looked prech like tvery m brain of a cheater. the bronts of our brain is higher reasoning and it's where we have the in-that business centers where the put the brake on impulsive behavior. and if it's very low being different, then you get high impulse. so what we're talking about here is who is at risk. and these folks are risk takers. and you often see traumatic brain injury. that contributes to the likelihood to an cheater. and you see that with n. jose, for example, was a mixed martial artist. so he had been hit in the head a lot and there was brain damage in the front part of his brain. >> honey, i cheated because i took one too many hits. >> listen, a lot of women say you're looking for an excuse here, men. and so -- and it doesn't excuse it at all, but it does tell you

there's and he con t there's a contribution. >> if we're looking at people with high risk behavior, is there a portion of this that is sort of like i'm on a runaway train and there's nothing i can do to jump off? >> no but it does make you more at risk for it. clearly what kind of modeling you've had, choices that you make, you still have the ability to choose not to do these things. but, for example, if you have -- there's a chemical called oxi toe sin whiches has to do with bonding. if that's low, and you have problem. if testosterone is high, you've got a problem. they have looked at fidelity gene and men who have that gene have two as much marital discord. raise your hand up. if this ring finger is longer than your index finger, there is

evidence that you're more at risk to cheat. let's see what you got here. you're about even. so you're fairly safe bet. you're a pretty safe bet. but that tells that you her in a high testosterone environment in utero. so it's been shown to have some prediction whether somebody's at risk or not. so there are a lot of chemical things. >> i want to go back to this couple that you profile for the smoep here's this poor girl, she's got a notion this guy has the history in the first place and you not only have the cd, you have his resume and the brain scan to boot. at the end of the day, is there a way you can with talk therapy or who knows what get him to say, you know what, i value my wife, i value my little child more than i value my other behavior? >> there's no question that you can. both at a brain level and behaviorally. you can do things to activate and turn on that frontal part of the brain which would give him more impulse control. so you can do neuro therapy that

can help with that. so the big question is, if these things are risk factor, should women look at this before they get married? you go get a license. do you want to get a brain scan with it, do you want to see whether they've got the gene or pot? and that's a question of whether we're going to run people through that mill. but there is more information about this. it's not just an excuse. there are some contributors here that people need to think about. >> so interesting. so i need -- you've got to get a gene test and a brain scan and i want to look at all your old e-mails. >> and it's coming up on the show tomorrow, we have an in-depth discussion about it, so i hope people watch. >> and in the end, you also then, you'll talk about liars and what you can -- you can tell a lie? >> the dr. phil family is who people have been following us all year. they're back after five or six years. and we're doing a polygraph here to determine whether somebody's involved with some child abuse here. and we get the results today of

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do you let your kids see r-rated movies if they're in middle school? >> i wasn't able to. >> you weren't allowed. >> no. >> did you allow your children? >> mine are completely corrupted. >> a study shows that the parents who didn't let their kids were smart because their kids put off drinking later this life. >> interesting. >> they interviewed 3600 students out of the dartmouth medical school and the kids all say my parents were very, very strict and i don't drink because of it. >> it's interesting because when i was a kid growing up, it was the strict kids whose behavior was completely out of control. >> you would think that they would rebel. >> so is there a balance? there someplace? >> we'll talk more about it.

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it's one of the world's oldest snacks invented around 610 a.d. and the largest pretzel ever produced weighed in at 431 pounds. >> get out of here. that's huge. >> so now you know. welcome back to "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez with harry smith and betty nguyen. >> good morning, everybody. >> thank you, ladies. coming up here this morning, summer is getting near so there's a big decision a lot of parts are making. which camps should we send our children to? we'll look at the options this morning and tell parent what is they should look for. plus a lot of middle school kids really want to go see r-rated movies but there could be problems down the road if they do. and we'll tell you what happens to them if they're exposed to such things. >> i'm looking forward to that. and it is as american as apple pie. and pretzels. but there are a lot of other choices over the weekend at the

great american pie festival. and we'll have a report and i'm happy to say, guys, we have samples this morning. we won't be seating them like those guys did. >> pie and pretzels. it's dream this morning. but first let's go back to day in yazoo city, mississippi. >> reporter: good morning. church members are just beginning to show up to look around and to try and understand what happened to their church. this church burned down years ago because of arson. it was rebuilt. and church parishioners are saying despite all of the adversity, h church will be back bigger and stronger. but this morning it's hard to imagine how long that process is going to take. you cannot tell one section of a church from the other. the sanctuary from the operating areas of the church and the administration offices. it's all scattered and that's what ever of yazoo city looks like this morning. but, again, the good news is the severe weather has cleared and much of the country is quiet today.

let's go to the maps and take a look. we have rain which will slow things down in the northeast corridor. the 95 corridor, d.c., new york and boston. south will dry out with the exception of florida where you can see some scattered showers. southwest is going to be nice and hot and in the 90s in the northwest, partly cloudy, everyone, head manage to tuesday, rain rolls in to the pacific northwest. and the rain will persist in some sections of the eastern

>> reporter: that's quick look at your weather picture. the cleanup is just beginning here in yazoo city and it it is going to take a long time. but residents are committed to make sure all of that happens. harry, we'll send it back to you. a new study out this morning finds that middle school aged children whose parents allow them to watch r-rated movies are more likely to engage in underage drinking than children who are not allowed to see such films. only 3% of the kids surveyed who were never allowed to watch r-rated move have is started drinking alcohol while under age compared to 19% of the kids who said they were sometimes allowed to watch such films as 25% of the kids who were allowed to watch all the time. i don't remember. i -- enough. parenting expert cooper lawrence is here with the details. good morning. how are you? >> good morning. >> so let's get this straight. kids who never ever got to see these had almost no incidence

whatsoever of underageded drinking. >> when you say underaged drink, it's not like they went out boozing on the weekends. the question was have you ever tried alcohol without your parents' knowledge. so even one time trying counted. >> so that counted. so we're not talking about abusiveness. >> no. these kids are 10 to 14 years old that they interview. so i don't think the 10 year olds are boozing on the weekends. but if a 10-year-old is trying alcohol that's what's important about this study. >> and what about individual personalities, does that come into play here at all? >> absolutely. and the study found that kids that were high sensation seeking kids, more risk taking kids, were more likely to drink anyway. but they found that the low sensation kids, the kids not likely to drink who watched r-rated movies tried alcohol. >> so that number went up, too, then. >> that's the number that's important. >> so the guy with all the super active brain, those kids will try it anyway, but the ones

exposed with the low active brain, low risk taking, ended up trying the alcohol. >> right. that's why the study is so important because it adds to a growing body of research about risk taking behaviors in kid that s that are 10 to 14 years old. >> how does boredom play with this? the kids in this age, you stoort hear that really for the first time, i'm bored. >> and they did ask that. that was part of the sensation-seeking criteria. are you bored. a very famous study was done a few years back by reed larsson and he was interested in how bar kids were and he calculated about 16,000 moments over years of hundreds of kids. and he found that what they felt over and over was boredom. so it's out of boredom that they start drinking. some of it is personality, some is the fact that they're bored and they have access to the parents' liquor cabinet about that. >> so you have to keep them

busy. >> you have to keep them after school programs.after school programs. whether sports, but hanging out with other kid, kids ghelt trouble after school. 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. are the peak hours where these things tend to happen. >> so they better be taking piano lessons or sports. >> and if you don't have money to do that, there's after school programs that are free, as well. >> that you think very much. do appreciate. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by campbell's tomato soup. that famous flavor now with less salt thanks to adding a special sea salt. each year about 10 million kids head off to summer camp. and choosing the right one can be a very daunting task. peg smith is coe of the he american camp association and she's here with key factors that all of us should keep in mind.o american camp association and she's here with key factors that all of us should keep in mind.

camp is fun, but there's so much more to be gained from the experience. >> it's a central education experience that adds to the value of the development of the whole child. and it teaches really important life skills like team building and leadership and social skills. and for some kids who may not really thrive in traditional classroom, they certainly thrive in an environment that's hands on experience. >> i'm sure it's crucially important to choose the right camp for your child because there are so many options. they range in activities and price range. how do you even begin to their ro narrow the search? >> we've done a lot of work for you. we have a warrants, camp parents.com, a searchable database. and you can look up according to the age of your child, the type of camp, the geography. you can talk with friends and neighbors or go to your log parks and rec, your church, your synagogue, your school. many can help you with this search. >> what about if you don't think you can afford to send your

child to camp, are there options? >> there's camp for every budget. our camps give nearly $39 million worth of scholarships each summer. you also will find not only the scholarships, but you can manages costs by the session length and you also will find if you ask the questions, there are discounts out there. early bird discounts, sibling discounts. and if you go back it to the camp parptds.org, you can find out eligibility programs as well as tax credits. there are many things that you can look into. >> as far as deciding which camp is best for your child, is it important to choose the camp that best suits your child's personality or interests and how do you do that? >> you know your child best as a parent. and you know their needs, you know their desires, you know their expectations. and i think parents don't realize there's many, many types of camps out there, not only

from day camps to resident camps to family camp, but there are specialty camps. you may have a budding astrologist or you may have a budding artist or you may have a budding oceanography errands there are all kinds of camps that can meet those particular needs. >> how do you find out about them? >> it's important to ask the questions, again to search. and you want to talk to your child, make it a joint decision. one of the things you'll find, kids tluf to go on dlline. you can search even towards the interests they have. and when the participants makes the decision with the child, the success of that experience is much greater when you've done it together. >> that makes sense. my daughter is still too young for camp, but as i look ahead, i think i'm going to be so worried about her safety and who is looking after my child. is there a way to monitor that? >> safety is a parent's number one concern. and both of my children went to camp, so i had all the same

concerns that you do, as well. but one thing i tell parents, they need to look for an accredited camp. and the american camp association accredited camp, because it's some of the best evidence that that camp is dedicated to your child's safety. and then you need to ask the other important questions that you'll find on that campsite, but you want to know the ratio, the philosophy and the mission of the camp director and the camp, you want to know what they do in emergencies and how they are going to communicate with you. >> peg smith, thank you so much. >> thank you. and if you would like more information on choogz the best camp for your child, all you have to do is go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. it is now 8:41. let's go back to harry. weather getting nicer, danny lipford is here with easy do it yourself projects to enhance any outdoor space.getting nicer, da lipford is here with easy do it yourself projects to enhance any outdoor space. >> i was with my wife in the

country, and i saidic we have to enhance our outdoor space. so how are we going to do that? in simple ways. stepping stones will be creative. of course i don't like to throw away anything, so this is the top of a five gallon plastic bucket. and you just sawed it off. is this a cool thing to do with the kids on the kitchen table. and it's functional because you can use it for stepping stones. >> and you can individualize it. >> you can push this right in, the colors stones, little artsy here. >> danny, you stole my idea. >> different things like that. >> and you can put your hand in there. >> sure, go ahead. like the chinese theater. and then you can print your name. >> how long do you have to let that dry in. >> overnight. you can leave this overnight and then you can actually pull the form right up and then you can

take the stone, dig a little bit of grass out in your yard and place that along. or you might want to just plat a little plant a garden around this with the kids. >> that's beautiful. what are we doing next? >> taking that same idea a step up, this is called a walk maker form. there are a lot of different styles. basically you mix it it up, you can color the concrete a little bit, pour it in place, and then let it sit just a little while. then to keep it nonskid surface, you come and just put a little -- >> i love that good advice. >> a brush stroke like that. this can be a stepping stone, but you see how it can interlock. this, you take this off, you only need one of these, they're only $15, you take this off, pour another one, you can do one or a lot. and if you use a silicone spray

to spray on the inside, it -- >> it help it is lift if off. >> let's see if it we're ready. >> look at that. i'll tell you what -- we need to be up and look down on that. >> this is really cool. this is from quikcrete. a lot of people think it's intimidating, but very easy. and then this is a jointing sand that you actually take and you fill in. and then -- >> is it kind of a grout then? >> yes, it gets wet and it holding everything in place, keeps the weeds from coming up. you can make a patio, a walkway, anything you want out of this. it really is a very, very user friendly. >> i'm very impressed. i may even be -- i'm not inspired yet, but i am impressed. what's next? >> taking five simple lattice v strips, then spread them apart and you can use different sizes

in order to creates just the type of fan trellis you want. and if you look right behind you, after you have it finished, you can use it in a container or out by your fence or house, put it in place, a nice climbing vine, accent it with a solar powered spotlight on it and you have a nice little focal point. >> how big is this wood? >> it's just regular lattice strips. you want to use something weather resistant. >> so saw to the size you want and put two in the middle. >> very he iinexpensive. an extra $15 for the light. >> how many seasons will that go? >> nontreated, it will maybe last five or six years. but if you get treated, it will last about 20 years. and this is another yidea here. you don't have to have a plant stand like i have here, but i have one right in my backyard up against the fence a little bit

higher than this, we have a decorative cut on the top of the one i have. and then you have these plants. so it gives you this splash of color. >> i love the smell of concrete. >> it is nice, isn't it? >> danny lipford, thank you so much. for detailed instructions on those projects and much, much more, go to earlyshow.cbsnews.com. maggie some. if you love pie, and who doesn't, the place to be over the weekend was the great american pie festival in florida. tara is here to fill us in, so to speak. >> lots of sugary fun. this truly was a sweet assignment facing all of those apple, chairerry and chocolate goodies. it was like being at my own pietopia. >> welcome to the great american pie festival. >> that's perfect because we love pie, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: over the weekend at a place called celebration, more than 25,000 people gathered to

bike, to taste, and to pig out on pie. gu make our did you bake your dresses? but the great american pie festival wasn't all play. serious pie makers from 28 states came to compete in the national pie championships. >> this is my secret ingredient. >> reporter: this chef from ain't paul hoped he had it all covered with this. his coca-cola pie. >> i wanted that to be as refreshing as a can of coca-cola. >> reporter: that's delicious. >> that you think. i like seeing the yummy face on people when they try this. >> reporter: i should say that's the real thing. that's so good. i want more. and things were just getting started. there was so much pie to go around. right behind me is a buffet featuring 70,000 pieces of pie. but to get in, you have to pass the pie police and have a wrist band. i'm with her, okay?

let's go. ten bucks bought full access to a never ending buffet of pie. how many do you think you're eating today? >> an embarrassing number. >> reporter: and since there's always room for more pie, the festival wouldn't be complete without the traditional pie eating contest. >> go! >> reporter: my best chance, entering the kids division. how did you do it? >> i shoved my face in there and got a big handful in my mouth. >> reporter: so with our bellies full, the time had come to chaer pie would be the festival favorite. the big winner, a first time competitor from plano, texts as. >> kate stewart brog there. er for her lemon swirl cream cheese pie. >> oh, my gosh, i don't even have words. >> reporter: did you ever expect it? >> no, no. >> reporter: congratulations, kaits. you have the best amateur pie in

the country. >> it's very exciting. thank you. >> so exciting. kate received $5,000 for her winning recipe and, of course, i brought back her lemon swirl cream cheese pie, best pie in the nation. >> excellent. got to taste it. how many people did she beat out? >> 320. >> what do you think? >> isn't that great is this. >> it's fantastic. >> it's almost like cheese cake. it's good.is this. >> it's fantastic. >> it's almost like cheese cake. it's good. >> so i brought back the coca-cola pie, as well. >> does it have the fizz? >> yes, he uses mexican coca-cola because it has real sugar in it. but i brought back a piece of pie specifically for each one of you, so betsity, you group in texas, so it's the citrus state. grapefruit. >> this one right here? >> yes. grape fruit pie. and harry, you went to school in iowa. >> i did. >> so i brought you back a pie from one of our iowa

contestants. that's a very special pecan pie just for you. >> there are no pecans in iowa, but that's okay. >> and you since you're pregnant, i didn't know -- >> you brought me all of them. >> i brought you five different flavors. cherry, apple, sweet potato, chocolate, raisin, take your pick. >> that is the right way to start aen job, my friend. welcome. i like the looks of the apple. did you have a favorite? >> i'm a chocolate gal. >> where's the ice cream? >> on the way. >> and it's springtime. you need (announcer) this sparkling glass was washed

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